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Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize winning playright, is coming to Penn to discuss his play Disgraced, a drama about 9/11, class, race, identity, and Islamophobia that is going to be performed by the Philadelphia Theater Company in October. The play, which "focuses on a dinner party between four people with very different backgrounds," features as its main dramatic element a heated discussion on politics and religion, which ties into its social

Wendell Pritchett, Presidential Professor of Law and Education, is Penn’s 30th Provost. As chief academic officer, he oversees teaching and learning across the University, including education, research, faculty affairs, online learning, and student life. He also directs such areas of the University as admissions, arts, athletics, libraries, and global initiatives.